--- title: In this miserable plight Graciosa did indeed regret the fairy palace… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In this miserable plight Graciosa did indeed regret the fairy palace, and she would have called Percinet to her aid, only she felt sure he was still vexed with her for leaving him, and thought that she could not expect him to come. Who acts: Graciosa, palace. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Graciosa, palace), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg540:24:62 # text = In this miserable plight Graciosa did indeed regret the fairy palace, and she would have called Percinet to her aid, only she felt sure he was still vexed with her for leaving him, and thought that she could not expect him to come. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 plight plight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 regret regret VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 18 Percinet Percinet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 still still ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regret** | past · do-support | | the fairy palace | | this miserable plight | | indeed *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 2 | **call** | would · perfect · passive | | Graciosa | Graciosa's aid | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to aid=Recipient | | 3 | **feel** | past | Graciosa | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **vex** | past · passive | | palace | | | still | with Graciosa | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **leave** | gerund | | palace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Graciosa *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **expect** | could | Graciosa | palace | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | palace *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/63/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)